Parent Support Group

What a lovely afternoon’s golfing! We saw some Rory’s and Tiger’s not to mention Georgia’s! It really is good for Dyspraxic and Autistic children because you can go solo which is less competitive. Mrs Robson, your tee off into the square net was priceless! See you Saturday’s…..!! Julie, the golf pro at Blackwell Grange Golf…

Fab night tonight with the gang! Our children are fantastic and what a night they had. I could definitely see the difference in their balance and self-esteem – BRILLIANT! The staff at 4Motion were brilliant as usual but have asked me to point out the following: * Parents not to go on the court if…

There were some daredevil children who came to 4Motion this evening! Everyone had a lovely time and conquered some fears. The bikes and scooters were out in force with bodies flying every way we looked!! Thankfully, lots of coffee and tea were available for our parents who had a lovely time having a chat whilst the children whizzed around!!…

What a fun morning the SPD’ers had!!  On arrival, Olivia transported each group to the footie golf course via the golf buggy.  The smiles and beams on the faces was just wonderful! It was great doing something different, especially the ride on the golf buggy!! 😀. There was definitely some budding stars playing. We don’t know…

Phew!  It was hard work today at ROF59 bouncing on the trampolines and climbing those huge walls!! Everyone had a go and did really well with some even conquering fears. We will be back!

Yes, we’ve been there AGAIN! We filled 4Motion tonight and had a really brilliant time.  Thank you Nigel and staff for looking after us. The children were all over the scooter park and were very brave trying new ramps, going up and down each individual area. As usual everyone was well behaved and top of…

Thank you all who came to our trampoline and climbing wall afternoon. Do you realise we had approximately 70 children there!! Hope you all had fun, are tired out and sleep sound! (That’s just the parents….)!! Despite sensory issues, we feel the children did very well and all managed to do lots of bouncing and…

Thank you Tesco Newton Aycliffe for looking after Emma, Hayley, Eve and Dawn this morning. We spoke to some lovely families and were given donations too! Lots of leaflets were distributed and we were demonstrating some of the sensory techniques shown by the OT’s at our parent/sibling workshops. We also explained how we put in…

Venue: Tree Tops Children’s Occupational Therapy, Eldon Road, Aycliffe Business Park, DL5 6UL Time:   7.00pm Why not come along to our sensory dental hygiene evening hosted by Elaine from Oral Health Promotion? She will be able to talk us through how to keep a sensory seeker’s teeth clean (plus any child really). Elaine has…

Sibling workshop – 5th January 2018 Our parent support group gained funding from Tesco Groundwork UK scheme and asked us to put into action a workshop for the siblings of their SPD brothers and sisters.  As you can see we split them into two groups: 6-9 year olds and 10+ year olds. It was such…